SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Generals look to rebound against Stars

The Jackson Generals return home today looking to erase the memories of the past two nights.

The Generals won Games 2 and 3 in Montgomery against the Biscuits and had a chance to pick up their third straight series but blew ninth inning leads in back-to-back nights, dropping the series three games to two.

Jackson hosts the Southern League North first half division winners, the Huntsville Stars, for a five-game series starting today.

The teams have met three times already this season with the Stars holding an 8-7 advantage overall but the Generals took 2-of-3 series.

Jackson is hitting .280 against the Stars this season, who are batting .251 against the Generals.

The Generals will start right-hander Matt Anderson in Game 1 tonight.

Anderson has only opened a series on the mound once this season in his last start at Montgomery on July 16.

Anderson went 3.2 innings, allowing seven earned runs off nine hits. He walked one and struck out three to pick up his fourth loss of the season.

Anderson picked up his first Double-A win against the Stars this season. On June 1, Anderson pitched five shutout innings off three hits, struck out three and walked two off 92 pitches, the most he had thrown in an outing since being promoted to Jackson on May 10.

Huntsville will also start a right-hander on the mound in Drew Gagnon.

Gagnon is 1-2 against Jackson this season in three starts with a 3.21 ERA. In 14 innings, Gagnon gave up six runs off 10 hits, struck out eight and walked eight.